I should probably add that this is not a recession, in the sense of bad times before everything gets back to normal.
This is normal. What we experienced in the years running up to 2008ish was an unsustainable bubble, which predictably burst. And I dont mean just the decade up to 2008, in a broader sense I mean since WWII, and broadening it out further, since the 19th Century.
It would be very unwise, deluded possibly, to expect things to get better soon, fairly soon, or probably ever. Especially if you live in the west. Unless you're lucky enough to be extremely wealthy and smart, the worst is yet to come.